Wash-board



(Model.) A. STROH.

No. 371,525. Patented Oct.. 11, 1887.

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WASH BOARD.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ABRAHAM STROH, OF FREELAND, PENNSYLVANIA.

WASH-BOARD.

SPCPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 371,525, dated October l1, 1887.

Application filed June 10, 1887. Serial No. 240,915. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it knownthat I, ABRAHAM STROH, acitizen of the United States, residing at Freeland, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Clothes-Vasher or IVash- Board,of which the following is a specification.

The nature of my invention consists, first, in providing a surface upon which clothes can be washed or rubbed to better advantage and without the slightest injury to the fabric or material, and that will not wound the hands or fingers from splinters, &c.; second, to provide a washer or wash-board that will render laborious rubbing unnecessary and make washing by hand light work. I attain these obj ects by using cotton cord for a rubbing-surface, and I prefer winding cotton plaited cord around wooden rollers, as shown in the accompanying drawings.

Figure lis a face view of one side of the wash-board, both sides being alike, makingit reversible. Fig. 2 is an end view of a roller complete, showing how the ends of the cord are fastened. Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the board and one ofthe rollers.

I construct my wash-boardv by connecting the two posts with an upper and lower rail, each of which is bored out to hold the ends of one-inch rollers. The rollers are wound with cotton plaited cord or rope (I prefer to use cotton plaited cord) and their ends insertedin the ends of said rollers. I slide a thin board to hold the soap between the two posts above the upper rail, and then fasten a top board above it. The frame is bound together by passing two bolts through the posts-one above the upper rail and one below the under rail.

The whole invention is plain and simple. It is used same as the common wash-board. The advantage is in the excellent surface created and presented for detaching dirt from materials, &c., when rubbed over the same.

In using my invention, but slight pressure is required in rubbing. It quickly and successfully cleans the wash and increases soapfoam.

Havingthus described my invention, whatI claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

l. The wash board composed of round wooden rollers wound with cotton plaited cord and fastened at the ends, substantially as dcscribed.

2. The combination, in awash-board, ofthe rubbing-surface made of cotton plaited cord wound on wooden rollers, with their ends let in the holes in the under side of upper rail and upper side of lower rail, all substantially as set forth.

ABR A HAM STROH.

Vitnesses:

WILLIAM TUNNEY, THoMAs A. BUQKLEY. 

